Happy Women’s History Month from We Need Diverse Books! Here are books for all ages, featuring girls in historical fiction and famous women in history. What are your favorites?
For more reading suggestions, check out our 100% free, librarian- and educator-curated database of diverse books on OurStory: www.diversebooks.org/ourstory .
𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦
- SHE LOVED BASEBALL: THE EFFA MANLEY STORY by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Don Tate
- IDA B. WELLS: LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD by Walter Dean Myers, ill. by Bonnie Christensen
- PLANTING STORIES: THE LIFE OF LIBRARIAN AND STORYTELLER PURA BELPRÉ by Anika Aldamuy Denise, ill. by Paola Escobar
- HELEN’S BIG WORLD: THE LIFE OF HELEN KELLER by Doreen Rappaport, ill. by Matt Tavares
- SHINING STAR: THE ANNA MAY WONG STORY by Paul Yoo, ill. by Lin Wang
- TALLCHIEF: AMERICA’S PRIMA BALLERINA by Maria Tallchief & Rosemary Wells, ill. by Gary Kelley
- FLY HIGH! THE STORY OF BESSIE COLEMAN by Louise Borden & Mary Kay Kroeger, ill. by Teresa Flavin
- JOSEPHINE BAKER (LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG DREAMS) by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara, ill. by Agathe Sorlet
- DANZA! by Duncan Tonatiuh
𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘
- HOME by Yoshiko Uchida
- A STRANGER AT HOME by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
- THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- SUGAR by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- MY YEAR IN THE MIDDLE by Lila Quintero Weaver
- MADAM CJ WALKER by Denene Millner
- T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte
- NEWSGIRL by Liza Ketchum
- WITH THE MIGHT OF ANGELS by Andrea Davis Pinkney
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗧/𝗔𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗦
- BINGO LOVE by Tee Franklin, art by Jenn St-Onge
- WILDTHORN by Jane Eagland
- SHOW AND PROVE by Sofia Quintero
- THE DOWNSTAIRS GIRL by Stacey Lee
- THE RADICAL ELEMENT edited by Jessica Spotswood
- BUTTERFLY YELLOW by Thanhhà Lai
- INVENTING VICTORIA by Tonya Bolden
- ROSE UNDER FIRE by Elizabeth Wein
- IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE by Susan Kaplan Carlton